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Which sentence needs a hyphen?

A. He forgot to bring his new raincoat.
B. I love to eat chocolate covered pretzels.
C. She rode her motor scooter in front of the house.
D. Crickets are often most active after dark.

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B

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Answer: B. I love to eat chocolate covered pretzels.

Explanation: A hyphen is a punctuation mark with various uses in english, like separate syllables and join words. In the given sentences, the one that needs a hyphen is option b, "I love to eat chocolate covered pretzels", it should be: "I love to eat chocolate-covered pretzels, without the hyphen we can't tell if they are referring to chocolate pretzels that are covered, of pretzels that are covered with chocolate.

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